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Drug maker Allegedly Gave Vioxx -Lawsuit Files to Media

The New Jersey Star-Ledger | April 26, 2005
Merck was accused yesterday of violating a court order by providing documents to the media concerning an upcoming trial over the safely of Vioxx.

Alabama woman at center of first Vioxx Trial Remains Calm

| April 25, 2005
The plaintiff at the center of the first trial from pain reliever Vioxx said she's furious that the drug's manufacturer, Merck & Co., is branding her untruthful in court documents filed earlier this month in Alabama.

Beasley Allen Law Firm Files Motion for Sanctions against Merck in Vioxx Lawsuit

| April 25, 2005
"Merck provided depositions of Mrs. Rogers and Dr. William Clancy, who treated her husband, to local and national press on April 12, in violation of the court's protective order. In fact, one reporter had the documents on this date apparently before it was even filed in court."

Beasley Allen asks for sanctions against Merck in Vioxx lawsuit

Yahoo! Finance | April 25, 2005
A motion was filed today for sanctions against Merck for violating a protective order and disclosing personal and confidential information to the news media related to Cheryl Rogers and her deceased husband, Howard. Mrs. Rogers is the plaintiff in the first Vioxx lawsuit scheduled to go to trial on May 23.

Merck wants Vioxx Case Dismissed

Montgomery Advertiser | April 23, 2005
The Vioxx pills that an Alabama widow claims caused her husbands death Sept. 4, 2001, were not on the market until a half year later, attorneys for Merck Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday in asking Clay County Circuit Court to dismiss the wrongful death case as bogus.

Alabama Court Case Involving Pain Drug Vioxx Could be First in Nation

WAKA CBS 8 News | April 19, 2005
Next month, a Montgomery law firm is schedualed to be the first in the nation to try a case against Merck Pharmacutical company for a death claimed to be linked to the pain drug Vioxx.

Beasley Allen rejects Mercks attempt to dismiss the First Vioxx Lawsuit

| April 18, 2005
"Merck is thumbing it's nose at the justice system, and trying to pull a rabbit out of a hat by questioning the veracity of Cheryl Rogers whose husband, Howard, died at age 42 as a direct result of taking Vioxx."

Vioxx Case Disputed in Alabama

The Birmingham News | April 17, 2005
More than a month away from going to trial in eastern Alabama over its discontinued painkiller, Vioxx, Merck & Co. has asked a Clay County judge to dismiss the case.

Bextra withdrawal may be too late for Thousands of Victims

| April 15, 2005
Beasley Allen law firm in Montgomery, Alabama believes that Pfizer's Bextra, another COX-2 inhibitor, posed a dual danger to thousands of consumers before its withdrawal last week.

Beasley Allen Says Bextra Recall May be Too Late for Thousands

| April 15, 2005
Law firm Beasley Allen, lead counsel for the first Vioxx lawsuit set for May, believes that Pfizer's Bextra, a COX-2 inhibitor, posed a dual danger to thousands of consumers before its withdrawal last week.